Monday, December 3, 2007

As promised, here's one hour of Funk, Soul, Psych & Afrobeat. All records were found on my last trip to Ghana.
All tracks besides Marijata, Ashantis and Uhuru Dance Band are 45s originating from Big Mama Unice's Drinking Spot

Prepare yourself for a barrage of Drum Breaks, Horn Stabs and Organ Swirls!

32 comments:

Ahhhh !! Back to the Funk :)Frank this is really a great mix. Thanks again for sharing. I can't stop listening The big Beats & the I. Garison Organisation tunes. The BBQs is just... FANTASTIC..very very deep sound... Definitely, i will never stop discover new awesome bands and tunes ! For sure, i will listening this mixe during weeks !

In addition of my previous comment, i just want to let you know about the "Bokoor Beats" record (Unfortunately on CD only) released in june 2007.No need from me to describe the tarcks list and story about the record : just clic the links for more informations :

This Freedom Family track is a really nice surprise--absolutely killer guitar part.

Do you know if that Assagai record was a Ghanaian pressing? That record was cut in Britain by a mostly South African band (Dudu Pukwana was a member), so I'm curious whether the copy you have was imported to Ghana or made there.

the Assagai track is from a 45 on Philips, blue label. There's no reference to where the record was pressed on the label itself but it was in a Nigerian Philips company sleeve. My guess is that it's a Nigerian press because all the other 45s from this batch were local, West African pressings.

Frank runs the voodoo down indeed, he he (that was a real good one, matt)! Man, I am one of those who has fully supported your not-strictly-funk posts, and I haven't changed my mind, but after this one I gotta add... please, keep that afrofunk going too!!! I've found this mix particularly mindblowing. You must've grown pretty used to expressions of gratitude, but man, thanks and thanks and thanks, again and again and again!!!

Thanx for your comments,Keep on shaking that thang Ana, I used to be a bit of a Funk purist but I gave up on that soon after arriving in West Africa some 30 months ago. There is just too much great music around here to limit oneself to Funk and Afrobeat. One of the greatest features of African Music is its diversity.

I'm in N'Zerekore in Guinea's forest region right now and I've already found some interesting stuff. Strangely enough, I found a whole bunch of Cuban records that have some surprisingly funky moments... however these got into the Guinean forest -I don't have any idea.

Also found some nice deep sounds from Mali and Senegal along with a whole bunch of Guinean releases that still have been missing in my collection.

I think things need to go further than a 'thank you' here. I agree with and enjoy everyones comments but the fact is - what you're doing is 21st century altruism. Some of the fiercest music I and any of us have ever heard so big, big thank you! Good friend of mine is over in Ghana now for Cup of Nations collecting records, sticks, friends and nice hats. You there?